Rain Hits Lithgow Blackberry Crop
LITHGOW, Friday.—Exceptionally heavy rain hit blackberry crops this season and pickers lost nearly £4000 a spokesman for the…
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Farming & the land, 1950
911 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 46
Graziers Buy Sheep At "Cattle Prices"
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Graziers, snapping up sheep to cash in on the high wool values were paying "cattle prices," and were…
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This year's millet crop in the Hunter area, most of which has been harvested, is said to be one of the best for 25 years…
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BERLIN, March 26. A.A.P.—The newspaper "Taegliche Rundschau" criticised local officials in various parts of East Germany for…
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Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, at its annual meeting on Saturday night, appointed a committee to organise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Explosion Burns Farmer
Cecil Morten, 47, farmer, of Glenarvon-road, Bolwarra, suffered severe burns to his right leg, hand and face yesterday when sump oil…
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BRISBANE, Monday—The Federal Government was challenged to-day by the Federal Shopkeepers Association to prosecute members…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →End Butter, Tea Ration Is Forecast
CANBERRA: The abolition of tea and butter rationing by at least the middle of the year is being forecast by Federal Ministers. Ration coupons expire about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales In Newcastle
The seventh of the 1949-50 series of wool sales began in Newcastle this afternoon when the first 900 lots of the 23,500…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The market for good and average fleece wool and skirting was from par to 5 per cent. higher than at the close…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Husband Finds Bride Shot Dead on Farm
BRISBANE, Monday.—A bride of six weeks was found shot dead on the verandah of her farm home by her husband at Maryvale, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasting N.s.w. Butter Entry
Mr. A. D. Allanson (Commonwealth Dairy Officer), Mr. Ford Geddes (Director of the Orient Line), and Mr. J. M. Tally, Agent-General in London for New South Wales, taste New South Wales butter entry for the Orient trophy, organised by the Line (Since…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Fully Firm" Wool Market Likely
There were indications that the market at Newcastle wool sale to-day would be fully firm on the last sale in Newcastle, brokers said…
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Bidding was spirited and prices remained firm at the second session of the seventh series of this season's wool sales…
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Above left.—Spirited Bid: Three buyers at the Newcastle Wool Sales yesterday, Messrs. K. Wilmott, H. Clapham and W. Carter, made a spirited effort to secure a lot from the auctioneer. Above right.—Messrs. B. W. Yeoman, A. Jackson and G. Yeoman, three graziers from Guyra, discussing the sale. Mr. Jackson received the highest price of 148¼d at yesterday's sale. Below left.—Misses B. Fittler and Elaine Newbury, two visitors from Armidale, who attended the sale. At right.—Two buyers, Messrs. Oliver and Scott, concentrate on their catalogues…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A stoppage at three Sydney wool stores to-day by members of the Storemen and Packers' Union will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sales Of Wool At Newcastle Worth £15M. This Year
From a very humble beginning in 1928, when one broker auctioned only 4000 bales of wool, six brokers now operating in Newcastle expect to sell during the current season ending next June, fleece to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Carbon Copy Impressive At Warwick Farm
SYDNEY: Carbon Copy, who is to run in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, was taken to Warwick Farm for his track trial today and he galloped in grand style…
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When the steamer Hoperange sails from port this evening for the Middle East it will be the 17th ship to have taken wheat…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The quarterly meeting of the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union to-day decided to…
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